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Solidworkd Tips Tricks Part 2

The document provides tips and tricks for managing features, components, and assemblies in SolidWorks. Some of the tips include using feature sets to organize the feature tree, automatically renaming features, reordering multiple features at once, editing seed features of patterned components, splitting multiple profiles at once, repeating commands, working with dimensions as fractions, customizing right-click menus, suppressing and unsuppressing features across configurations, navigating with keyboard arrows in the feature manager, zooming to the mouse cursor location, copying graphics to the clipboard, opening multiple files at once, quickly copying and mating components, isolating mates on a component, dragging to create simple mates, and hiding components to focus on assembly tasks.

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Solidworkd Tips Tricks Part 2

The document provides tips and tricks for managing features, components, and assemblies in SolidWorks. Some of the tips include using feature sets to organize the feature tree, automatically renaming features, reordering multiple features at once, editing seed features of patterned components, splitting multiple profiles at once, repeating commands, working with dimensions as fractions, customizing right-click menus, suppressing and unsuppressing features across configurations, navigating with keyboard arrows in the feature manager, zooming to the mouse cursor location, copying graphics to the clipboard, opening multiple files at once, quickly copying and mating components, isolating mates on a component, dragging to create simple mates, and hiding components to focus on assembly tasks.

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SolidWorks

Tips & Tricks


Part 2
Joe St. Cyr
CSWP

Special Thanks To:


Adam Smith
Product Creation Studio

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• Feature Tree Management

– Shrink the length of the feature tree by


adding feature sets to folders
– Create logical names for folders for easy
edits

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• Feature Management

– Automatically rename features as they are


created
– Add feature comments for additional notes

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• Multiple Feature Reorder

– Ctrl/Shift-Select features to be reordered


– R-click and add to folder
– Reorder folder
– Delete or Rename folder if needed

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• Feature Egg Hunt

– Edit original feature from any pattern


instance
– R-click any patterned instance and select
edit seed feature

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• Multiple Profile Split Curve

– Use Wrap instead of Split Curve to split


multiple profiles at once
– Only works on flats, cylinders, or conics

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• How to Repeat Repeat a Command

– Press enter to repeat the last command


– Not all commands work
– Some require selections to be clear (do not
pre-select)

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• Abnormal Too

– Select normal to for view normal to selection


or active sketch
– Select normal to again to get the “other”
normal
– Enter works well to repeat this command

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• Dimensions in a Fraction of the time

– Type in actual fractions in dimensions to


eliminate conversion errors
– Use space between whole numbers and
fractions
– Use other math functions as well

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• R-click and R-find you R-lost

– Customize r-click menu to show commonly


used commands
– Customize all r-click menus (context
sensitive)
– Expand all menu content (tools customize)

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• Suppress or Unsuppress Features for Multiple
Configs

– Use the edit menu for more powerful


suppress or unsuppress
– Select all or specific configurations

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• Let Your Fingers do the Walking

– When in rollback use the arrow keys on the


keyboard to roll
– Set your options to allow arrow key
navigation in feature manager

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• 5 Finger Discount

– You must use a 3 button (minimum) scroll


wheel mouse
– Roll the wheel to zoom in to the mouse
cursor location (dynamic)
– If it doesn’t zoom then disable intelli scroll
for SolidWorks

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• No More Crop

– Add Snapshot button to copy graphics area


to ClipBoard

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• Multi-Open from Open Dialog

– Open more than one file at a time in the


open dialog

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• Quick Copy and Mate Components

– Ctrl drag component to copy within or across


assemblies
– Use mating faces for drag and drop to create
auto mates upon copy

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• Moving Assembly Components

– LMB for free drag


– RMB for free rotate
– Move with triad

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• Isolate Your Mate

– Use view mates from the r-click menu for a


selected component
– Only shows components involved (hides
others)
– Displays mates on flags around glass
models

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• Drag Your Mates

– Alt+Drag geometry onto mating geometry


within the same assembly
– Quick simple mating conditions
– Combine mates in one drag using edges

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• Show Your Hidden Parts

– Show hidden components within


subassemblies without searching
– Shift+C to collapse feature manager
– Select subassemblies or all components
(parts ok as well)
– R-click show with dependants

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• Visualize Less for a Moment

– Hide unwanted components then bring


them back
– Great for assembly mating
– Useful in presentations and project
meetings

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Thank You!

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